larry hamel wrote: > Max, > > >>I found a free docbook word processor type editor called XMLmind. It can be >>downloaded at www.xmlmind.com. When >>loading the Expresso EDG it gave some warning saying that certain features >>would not be enabled, and loaded the >>document OK otherwise. Is it OK to use this, or is there another word >>processor that can be used to edit the EDG? I >>must admit that when I read the section on EDG contribution and XML and SGML >>popped up I dropped the idea immediately. >>Perhaps others also have the same aversion to learning docbook and hence >>write separate documents/articles? > > > > Sorry, I tried this editor just now (v.2.5), and it saves XML source > unacceptably, at least by default (and I see no option for fixing this, at > first glance.) > > it replaces all constants like & with harder-to-understand codes like > " , etc. and also removes all pretty-print indentation. > > again, this might be configurable, but failing that, please don't mess up our > source with this editor. > > it seems like a nice editor otherwise. > > sorry, I don't know of other GUI editors to recommend. I use Idea for "raw" > xml editing for docbook.
Very good reflex. Congratulation for checking the XML generated by XMLmind XML Editor. We already received complaints from a user (in fact, the user was mad) who used XMLmind XML Editor during *7 hours* before noticing that our editor expanded all its entity definitions.
